NBC News

Where the score comes from

Each technique the reading found, as a share of its articles. Tap one to read the passages.

• Leaves out the climate linkAn extreme heat, wildfire weather, drought, extreme rainfall, tropical cyclone or marine heatwave story with no word that warming makes such events worse.70%7 of 10
• Leaves out what changes the pictureThe article leaves out a fact about the event it reports, which the outlet had or other outlets reported about the same event, and without it a reader believes something false about that event. Background the article is not about (overall tolls, the wider crisis) is not this technique.10%1 of 10

Its most framed articles

From the last 90 days. Open one to read it with every flagged sentence marked.

1. 6.0Taiwan shuts down ahead of Typhoon Champi, with nearly 1,000 flights canceledNBC News, running a Reuters report, describes Typhoon Champi as one of the strongest Pacific storms of the year and sets out the shutdown, the cancelled flights, one death and 94 injuries.
2. 6.0Severe flooding soaks Four Corners region, prompts rooftop rescues and evacuations The AP report, carried by NBC News, gives a clear account of rooftop rescues, evacuations and rising rivers across the Four Corners.
3. 6.0Still more rain, evacuations remain in place from Four Corners region floodingThe Associated Press report, run by NBC News, gives a clear account of the Four Corners flooding: record river levels, rooftop rescues, evacuations and closed roads.
4. 6.0More flooding possible in Four Corners region after days of heavy rainThe AP report, run by NBC News, covers days of unusually heavy rain and flooding in the Four Corners region, with evacuations, water rescues and more storms forecast.